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Copper Plant (Acalypha wilkesiana 'Kona Gold')
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February 15, 2023: Obtained plant (Rooted cuttings)

Canna lily # 236 nn; RAB p 316, 42-1-1. LHB page 290, 40-1-6, " L

Canna Lily (Canna indica)
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foliage tropicals
January 15, 2021: Seeds germinated (1 year old seeds
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November 1, 2021: Miscellaneous Event (cut down main stems to grow new stems)
October 12, 2022: Maintenance performed (cleaned rhizome for next season in 1 pot, 2 still growing)
November 1, 2022: Maintenance performed (Cut down old stalks: 2 pots remain.)
December 1, 2022: Plant emerged (New shoots started)

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Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Johanna Coppinger')
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foliage tropicals
January 7, 2018: Obtained plant (rooted cuttings)

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Croton (Codiaeum variegatum 'Mrs. Iceton')
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foliage tropicals
December 15, 2016: Obtained plant (rooted cuttings - 4" pot)

grown in conservatory

Ti Plant (Cordyline fruticosa 'Kiwi')
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6" pot November 14, 2023: Bloomed (2 stalks out of 3 bloomed for the 1st time)
December 12, 2023: Cuttings stuck (1 cane dried at the base: cut the tip for rooting. 5 shoots emerged around the cut base.)

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Grand Crinum Lily (Crinum asiaticum)
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grown from seed July 1, 2022: Bloomed (largest bloomed indoors)
August 30, 2022: Bloomed (largest bloomed again indoors)
June 30, 2023: Bloomed (the 2nd large bloomed; the 3rd has 2 offsets)

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Royal Poinciana (Delonix regia)
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June 12, 2021: Seeds germinated (1 out of 5 germinated)
March 15, 2022: Miscellaneous Event (dropped all leaves and grew new ones)
May 15, 2022: Miscellaneous Event (dropped some leaves and grew new ones)
June 15, 2023: Maintenance performed (pruned lightly)
November 15, 2023: Miscellaneous Event (finally after 6 months! grew new leaves)

Fairchild gardens - mature plant with seedling and cone

Giant Dioon (Dioon spinulosum)
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foliage tropicals
May 15, 2015: Obtained plant (sprouted 2 seeds in perlite on heating mat)
October 1, 2015: Miscellaneous Event (in 4" tall pots )

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Song of India (Dracaena reflexa)
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foliage tropicals
December 8, 2016: Obtained plant (rooted 3 cuttings
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July 15, 2022: Cuttings took (1 pot left)

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Japanese Fatsia (Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web')
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March 11, 2023: Obtained plant (1 gal pot. 1 stem)

Bronx bot garden conservatory

Natal Fig (Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii 'Malay Gold')
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Fairchild gardens

Caricature Plant (Graptophyllum pictum)
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foliage tropicals
August 1, 2018: Cuttings took ( stem too leggy, pruned and rooted cuttings)
June 15, 2021: Cuttings took
June 15, 2022: Cuttings took

about 4-5' high overall, very wide spreading

Dwarf Umbrella Tree (Heptapleurum arboricola 'Dazzle')
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foliage tropicals
February 29, 2016: Obtained plant
February 15, 2020: Cuttings took

conservatory

Dwarf Umbrella Tree (Heptapleurum arboricola 'Trinette')
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rooted 2 cuttings : jan 2014 January 21, 2014: Obtained plant (took cuttings to root in water.
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February 15, 2020: Cuttings took

2.5 years from seed, in 1gal pot on water-wick

Money Tree (Pachira glabra)
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grown from seed
April 1, 2020: Maintenance performed (braided 3 trunks together : 3" pot)
February 15, 2022: Maintenance performed (cut off 1 trunk at the base (small slow growing) and removed older leaves)

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Buddhist Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
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foliage tropicals
February 20, 2016: Obtained plant (took cuttings, rooting in moist perlite on heat mat, tented)
April 15, 2020: Cuttings took

with me since 2008; grown indoors

Ming Aralia (Polyscias fruticosa)
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foliage tropicals
new cuttings rooted ; old plant dried up in 2021.

6yr old plant grown indoors

Parsley Aralia (Polyscias fruticosa 'Elegans')
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foliage tropicals
2 pots since 2008 : both dried up. cuttings rooted May 30, 2019: Miscellaneous Event (1st pot dried up badly: took tips for rooting)
October 18, 2022: Cuttings took
April 7, 2023: Obtained plant (finally found a good sized plant in 6" pot.)

mature plant producing long branching shoots in conservatory.

Stromanthe (Stromanthe thalia 'Triostar')
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foliage tropicals
February 11, 2021: Obtained plant (6" pot )

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